Product Owner

EC Markets LTD; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

EC Markets UK is seeking the first hire in our product function to translate the high-level vision into features, user stories, and acceptance criteria for engineering and design teams to build from day one.

You will own the backlog, lead refinement, and be hands-on with backlog, sprint planning, and cross-functional collaboration to capture requirements early and guide the product toward regulatory and commercial goals.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in an agile delivery team as Product Owner, Business Analyst or similar role.
• Track record of writing clear user stories and acceptance criteria (Given/When/Then).
• Hands-on Scrum or Kanban experience: have run ceremonies, not just attended them.
• Strong knowledge of Jira and Confluence; familiarity with a whiteboarding tool such as Miro or FigJam.
• Academic record or equivalent that demonstrates fast learning.
• Commercial awareness and a customer-first, data-led mindset.
• Confidence to challenge constructively and openness to being challenged.
• Excellent written communication.
• Experience in fintech, trading, investing, payments or another regulated industry.
• Experience on mobile app products.
• Familiarity with product analytics tools (PostHog, Metabase or similar) or basic SQL.
• Product Owner certification (PSPO or CSPO) is useful, not required.

Responsibilities

• Break epics into well-structured features, user stories and testable acceptance criteria
• Own and prioritise the product backlog, balancing customer value, commercial impact, regulatory need and technical effort
• Lead backlog refinement, sprint planning and sprint reviews with engineering and design
• Turn complex ideas into clear user flows, process maps and diagrams using Miro, Confluence and similar tools
• Work with compliance, risk, operations, dealing, marketing and customer service to capture requirements early
• Challenge assumptions, including those of senior leadership, using customer insight, data and commercial reasoning
• Use product analytics and customer feedback to measure what we ship and shape what comes next
• Help define how product works here: templates, Definition of Ready and Done, documentation standards

Skills

Agile delivery experience

Product Owner exposure

Jira & Confluence proficiency

User story writing

Excellent written communication

Education

Strong academic record or equivalent evidence

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Miro

FigJam

Job description

Aboutus

ECMarketsUKisanFCA-regulatedbrokerbuildingamobile-firsttradingandinvestingplatformforUKretailcustomers.Wecombinein-houseengineeringwithspecialistpartnerstogivecustomersaccesstoglobalmarkets,withmarketintelligence,AI-assistedanalysisandeducationbuiltin.Weareearlyinthejourneyandbuildingforthelongterm.

Therole

Youwillbethefirsthireinourproductfunction.Youwilltakethehigh-levelvisionandturnitintofeatures,userstoriesandacceptancecriteriathatourengineeringanddesignteamscanbuildfromfirsttime.

Thisisahands-onrole.Youwillownthebacklog,runrefinementandbeinthedetaileveryday.Fortherightperson,itisthefoundationofaproductcareer:theteamwillgrowastheplatformdoes,andsowillyourscope.

Whatyouwilldo

• Breakepicsintowell-structuredfeatures,userstoriesandtestableacceptancecriteria
• Ownandprioritisetheproductbacklog,balancingcustomervalue,commercialimpact,regulatoryneedandtechnicaleffort
• Leadbacklogrefinement,sprintplanningandsprintreviewswithengineeringanddesign
• Turncomplexideasintoclearuserflows,processmapsanddiagramsusingMiro,Confluenceandsimilartools
• Workwithcompliance,risk,operations,dealing,marketingandcustomerservicetocapturerequirementsearly
• Challengeassumptions,includingthoseofseniorleadership,usingcustomerinsight,dataandcommercialreasoning
• Useproductanalyticsandcustomerfeedbacktomeasurewhatweshipandshapewhatcomesnext
• Helpdefinehowproductworkshere:templates,DefinitionofReadyandDone,documentationstandards

Whatyouwillbring

• [2+]yearsinanagiledeliveryteamasa ProductOwner,BusinessAnalystorsimilarrole
• Atrackrecordofwritingclearuserstoriesandacceptancecriteria(forexampleGiven/When/Then)thatengineersbuildwithoutrework
• Hands-onScrumorKanbanexperience:youhaveruntheceremonies,notjustattendedthem
• StrongworkingknowledgeofJiraandConfluence,plusawhiteboardingtoolsuchasMiroorFigJam
• Astrongacademicrecordorequivalentevidencethatyoulearnfast
• Commercialawarenessandacustomer-first,data-ledmindset
• Theconfidencetochallengeconstructively,andtheopennesstobechallenged
• Excellentwrittencommunication
• Experienceinfintech,trading,investing,paymentsoranotherregulatedindustry
• Experienceonmobileappproducts
• Familiaritywithproductanalyticstools(PostHog,Metabaseorsimilar)orbasicSQL
• AProductOwnercertification(PSPOorCSPO):useful,notrequired

Whyjoin

• BefirstinandshapehowproductworksatECMarketsfromdayone
• WorkdirectlywiththeMDandseniorleadershipteam
• Bepartofsomethingbig:anindustrychallenger,builtfrominception
• Aclearpathintobroaderproductrolesastheteamscales

EC Markets UK is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all backgrounds. As an FCA-regulated firm, offers are subject to background screening.